Vice President / Principal Analyst at Forrester Research

and author of the forthcoming Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation

 Interview Starts at 11:46

Trying to sue your way through into the future has not worked so far, and I think that’s what the book publishers learned. They could very easily have dug in their heels when digital started to finally catch up to them in 2008, but they didn’t. Instead they jumped into the future and attempted as best they could to say “What does my customer really need, and how do I give them more of it?” And that’s really the way you approach digital disruption, regardless of what industry you’re in. And I think book publishers are to be commended for–yes, even though they had a few misgivings–they still jumped into it with both feet in the best interest of the reading public.

News

Amazon press release (1/23/13) announcing that Paperwhite and Kindle now available to customers in Canada

Amazon press release (1/24/13) announcing acquisition of IVONA Software

Macmillan to begin eBook library lending pilot - Publishers Weekly story

OverDrive press release

Tech Tips

Kindle Paperwhite update to 5.3.3

Kindle Software update to version 4.1.1

Copia

GetJar mobile

James McQuivey Interview

James’s blog at Forrester Research

Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation by James McQuivey – $7.99 for Kindle preorder, delivery on 2/26/13

Zeo sleep monitor

Books on disruption by HBS Prof. Clayton Christensen

Content

YouTube video of James Blanco’s Inaugural poem, “One Today”

Los Angeles Times’s coverage of Inaugural poem

Place of Mind chapbook of Richard Blanco’s poem, Kindle edition for $3.99

Guns by Stephen King, a 99-cent Kindle Single

Citia

“What Technology Wants” by Kevin Kelly – Citia free sample at iTunes store for iOS devices

“What Technology Wants” by Kevin Kelly – full Citia app for $9.99 at iTunes store for iOS devices

The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Surfing…and Love by Jaimal Yogis

Comments

Amazon AutoRip for books? - Business Insider story on 1/10/13

An innovative bookstore promo for Kobo

Music

Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named “Well, You Needn’t.” The usual version is “Ra-Monk” by Eval Manigat on the “Variations in Time: A Jazz Persepctive” CD by Public Transit Recording” CD, courtesy of IODA Promonet.

This week’s outro music: “Well You Needn’t” performed by Jon Sass and Sabine Hasicka for Tuba and Tap Dancing - YouTube video uploaded by louieshotpants

Upcoming Interviews

TKC 235 Next week: Peter Meyers, vice president, editorial & content innovation at Semi-Linear (creator of Citia app)

TKC 236 on Feb. 3 Feb 8: Jamail Yogis, author of The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Surfing…and Love

TKC 237 on Feb 10 Feb 15: “Kindles in Paradise” – a conversation with my wife Darlene on St. John, USVI

Kindle Fire Sweepstakes

Next week I will award my slightly used Kindle Fire 7″ to someone selected at random who leaves feedback about this episode or the podcast in general. You can leave your feedback as a comment on this post or you can email it to me at PodChronicles AT Gmail DOT com. I look forward to hearing from you!